Operating device for car-fare registers.



E. S. BUGKNAM.

OPERATING DEVIGE'FOR GAR FARE REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1908.

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E. S. BUGKNAM,

OPERATING DEVICE FOR OAR FARE REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15, 1908.

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nznn s. BUCKNAM, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, essronon To THE 5'. c.Barren COMPANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, a connonnrlon orrniv'nsrn VANILA.

OPERATING DEVICE FOR CAR-FARE REGISTERS.

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Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented net. 4, "reini- Application filed Fehrnary 15, 1908. Serial No.416,051.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ezra S. BUGKN'AM, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Operating Devices for Car-Fare Registers, of which thefol-' lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in mechanism for actuatingthe fare registers of cars, and"particularlyof street or trolleycarslciiown as pay-asryou-enter --)'ne obgect of my invention 1s to soconstruct the mechanism that the register can be operated by the foot inplace of the overhead cords or rods, so as to allow the hands to beperfectly free.

A further object of the invention to make the treadle detachable so thatit can be uncoupled from the mechanism when the conductor is away fromhis post.

These objects I attain in the following manner, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings, in Wh1ch:-

vFigure 1, is a transverse sectional View through the platform of apay-as-youenter car, illustrating my invention; Fig.

2, is a sectional plan View on the line 22,

Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a perspective View showing parts of the operatingmechanism detached; Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the treadle and itspivot plate; Fig. 5, isan enlarged sectional plan View on the line 5-5,Fig. 1; and Fig. 6, is a, view illustrating a modification of myinvention.

A is the frame of the car.

.A is the partition separating the plat form A from the interior of thecar. In this partition are two doorways a, a" the doorway a is theentrance into the body of the car and the doorway a is the exit fromthe-body of the car. The conductor stands on the platform in the spacebetween the two doorways and is guarded usually by the railing 0.

On the inner side of the partition, in the present instance, is theregister B of any suitable type, and extending through the partition isa shaft 1) having two arms 3), Z)", the arm 7) being on the outside ofthe partition and the arm 6 being on the inside of the partition, andconnected to the registering mechanism by the connecting rod 6 D is arod connectedto the arm hi on the outer side of the partition andextends down to a point near the platform and is inclosed in a casing D;the casing preferably ex tending to a point near the upper end of thedoorway so as to prevent the rod being operated by anyone-with theexception of the conductor usin the treadle. In the lower end of the rodis an eye at.

e is a treadle having a depending lug e mounted in a slot in the pivotplate E secured to the platform of the car. The treadle has a projectingfinger e which e1rtends through the slot d in the casin and through theeye d in the rod D; th'eower edge of this finger is preferably beveledas shown. The treadle is readily detach-able from the plate and from therod so that when the conductor leaves his post the regishave his handsentirely free so as to make change quickly, and to prevent "peoplerushing past him to enter the car without paying, and if he has to usehis hands not only to make change but to ring up the fares, he is liableto miss one or more passengers, but if the register is operated by thefoot then his hands are entirely free. I In some instances the registermay he at the op osite end of the car from. the con" doctor s platform,in which case the shaft 95 may extend throughout the length of the carand may he connected in any suitable inanner to the register. in someinstances also, in, place of usingt the particular form of treadleillustrated in Fig; 5%, the construction T shown in liig, 6 may be used,in which the rod D extends through the piattorm and connected to aspring F secured at f to the is mounted in. an opening in the platformand of such length as to rest uponthc underside of the platform, and apush pin 1 ltth.

- D a wire may be used to connect the treadle with the arm Z), but Iprefer to use a rod, and inclose it, as shown.

If a double-ended car is used with a single register, then the shaft isrun from one end of the car to the other and connected to the register,and the treadle operating mechanism is duplicated at each end of thecar, the treadle being preferably so made that it can be attached to themechanism at either platform. If the mechanism is used in a double-endedcar having tworegisters, then the registering mechanlsm, as well as theoperating mec ianism, is duplicated at each end of the car without theshaft running through the car, and the treadle is detachable so that itcan be applied to the mechanism at either end of the car. If theregister is situated on the outer side of the car then the shaft 5 neednot be used and the rod D either connected directly to the register orthrough a bell crank lever.

. I claim 1 1. The combination of a car, a register, a rod connected totheregister and extending to a point near the floor of the car, a casinginclosing the rod, said casing having an opening near its lower end, adetachable treadle extendin through the opening and engaging the ro thecasing preventing the operation of the register when the treadle isdetached.

2; The combination. of a car having a iloor,.a register, a rod connectedto the register and extending to a point near the floor and having aneye at its lower end, a pivot plate in the floor having a slot therein,a detachable treadle having a lug adapted to the slot in the plate, anda projecting finger extending through the eye in the rod.

3. The combination of a car having a floor, a fare register, a rod'connected to the fare register and extending to a point near the floorand having an eye, a tube inclosing the rod and slotted at its lower endopposite the eye in the rod, a treadle detachably piv-.

oted to the floor and having a finger projecting through the slot in thetube and through the eye in the rod, the lower edge of the finger beingbeveled, and means for normally holding the rod in its raised position.

4. The combination of a car, a register on the inside of the car, ashaft extending through the partition of the car and having twoarms,jone on one side of the partition and the other on the oppositeside, one of said arms connected to the register, a rod connected to theother arm, a tubular casing inclosing the rod, a slot in the lowerportion of the casing, and a treadle pivoted to the platform andextending through the slotvin the casing and connected to the rod.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Jos. H. Knnm, WM. A. BARR.

